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The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28

sTIl sell that" he said. ttJim Turner
wants one. He'll take it, and Til wear
my winter one till warm weather, on
account Of the rheumatism, I'll tell the
boys. Ha! ha! who'd ' 9 thought ]
could have q merry thought in connec-
ton with that pain tiend, the rheuma-
tism. And I'll pawn my dress suit and
my scalskin cap. I have never pawned
anything and have always declared that
I never would, but in this case / must
fly to my uncle to get help for my aunt"
He was as good as his word, and that
very afternoon a check for $25 went to
Aunt Tam.
The third of April dawned bright and
clear, but the air was undeniab4y chilly
and Adri; ms winter overcoat did not
feel OF all uncomfortable. And so he
was saying to himself when. coming out
of the froat door of his boarding house,
he ran against the postman. "Another let
ter for you, SIR" said that fu~nctionary.
From Aunt Tam again." soliloquized
Adrian as he glanced at the hand-writ.
ing, acknowledging the receipt of the
check, I suppose; hope it reached the
good old lady in time"
He opened the letter-he opened his
cyes-he opened his mouth-he stared
like n suddenly gone demented, for
this is what he read:
You DEAR YOU'VE APRIL FOOL
received yours dated April 1 with five
and twenty incloscd. l know how you
raised it. Ihave aspy in the same house
with you. All your misfortunes since
the beginning of the year are known to
me also, but known to me only lately, or
you should have heard from me before.
Now is the time, thought ], to try if he
has really any kind remembrance of his
old aunt find you have, and | return
you five and twenty dol ars with the in
lerest that has accumulated on them
since yesterday. Go to the City Bank
and you will find there awaiting you
$t025.
"From yours ~affectionatcly,
AUNT TAM
Pippintown, April 2, 1886"
Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
SCRAPS.

The slopes of Etna and Vesuvius owe
their richness to the fertiliziug action of
volcanic ashes, and reports from New
Zealand indicate that the ashes from
last years eruption have enriched the
soil to a remarkable degree.
1t has been proved that milk, warm
from the cow, when placed in tight
cans in a warm atmosphere, will SO
change as to develop plomaines sufficient
to aus poisonous symptoms to those
who are using the milk.
They have been taking from the 1900
foot level of a mine at Virginia City,
New, pieces Of pine timbers which have
been compressed to one -fourth their
natural size by twelve years use under
immense pressure at a temperature OF
100 degrees. The wood is of a deep
chestnut color, takes a fine polish, and
seems as firm grained as lockwood.
Here's hint for an inventor.
It is an error to suppose that severe
winters are destructive to insect life.
According to Mr.. McLachlan, an English
entomologist, larvae may be frozen until
as brittle as a rotten stick, in which
condition they can scarcely be said to
live, but on the return of warm weather
they revive, quite uninjured by their
freezing. 1t is a noteworthy fact that
butterflies and bumblcbees have been
found almost as close to the North Pole as
man has ever approached.
While there has been little doubt that
meteoric stones have been falling upon
the earth from the earliest ages, there
has been lacking direct evidence of this
IN the form of specimens from the strait
fed rocks. This evidence has now been
supplied, a fossil mctcorite-a mass of
iron combined with nickel and carbon
having been taken from a block of coal
in lower Austria.
Fhiiadelpnla paper gives n result
of some official calculations recently
made, showing that the total anthracite
area of Pennsylvania before mining com
menced was 800, 900 square miles, and,
allowing 1000 tons to The acre. a foot in
depth would give 800, 900, 900 tons;
then, assuming the depth to average 30
feet, a grand total appears of 8, 600, 900
tons. At the present time the consump-
ton averages about 80 900, 900 tons a
year, thus at the commencement ofmining
operations the supply was sufficient for
800 years.
A London paper is devoting aportion
of its space to the presentation of proof
that the sun is not blue. It cites the ex-
pertinent performed by Prof. Langley of
this country in the theatre of the Royal |
Institution a year ago, to establish the
natural blueness of the sun, and recites
his argument. 1t is the theory of this
distinguished astronomer that the carth's
atmosphere cuts off a large proportion of
blue rays by absorption. If an OBJ
couA get beyond the atmosphere he
would behold a blue sun, as rays of this
color would predominant.
L
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
n Hard Workt,a0 Go,,e,.,,, -.

A Concord gentleman relates the fol
lowing interesting anecd ote: During the
civil war while I was in charge Of tele-
graphing in Boston, i went to Gov. An
drew's house about midnight one night
with an important message. TO my
statement of my GRAND the governors
good wife answered: You will always
Ind the governor at his Office In the state
ho,lse until two ID the morning, And
We always did. n-~Tconeord a. 4.
AoniseE.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
Treasu7.e-TrOCe.

The holding an inquest upon treasure
trove is among the most ancient duties of
the coroner. By a statue of Edward I
the coroner was required, on being GER
tilted by the kings bailiffs or other
''honest men of the country" to go to
the places where treasure was said to be
found and to inquire who were the
finders. tits quantity suggested that it
may well be perceived who is to be sus-
pected of finding it, ''where one liveth
riotously. haunting taverns aud hath
done so a long time" Moreover, the
individual might be apprehended upon
this suspicion. But the new regulations
will probably supercede all these old
processes. In the future there will be
little temptation to conceal treasure
trove, because the finder will be quite
as substantially rewarded by discovering
it to the authorities. In a recent case
the treasury gave a practical illustration
of this. A number of old English gold
coins of various date were found by q
workman in some old oak beam which
was taken from a farmhouse near Luton.
OF these many proved of such rarity that
were sent to the national collections.
but the treasury gave orders that the
finder should be paid for them at the
rate of their value asold GOLD. while the
remainder were returned to him.--[Cham-
ber's Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
Votces From. Eterntty.


sGreat is my wisdom" tbs old mar said,
sGreat Is my knowledge, and vast AMI
deep;
TIL earth, and the air, and the ocean-bed
Have given their secrets for me to keep.
With years and honors my locks are crowned,
And greater yet shall my glory lei"
But a hand came out of the dark profound,
And a voice from the depths Of Eternity:
Let the pail be spread,
And the mourners meet
a laurel for the deal,
And a winding-sheet."
"Ah, = said the bride, in her beauty bright,
Dancing in time to her light young heart.
I'VE were welded but yesternight,
Never again in the word to part.n
But the hand came out of the chill March
mist,
And rent the lace of her wedding veil;
The stars went out, and the winds were visit,
And she heard the voice in the shadows
wall:
IA pillow for the head,
For the bride is sweet,
And a lily for the dead,
And a winding Sheet"
III will build a palace so fair, SO fair
Said the youthful king in his royal pride,
ssThat men shall call it beyond compare,
And its towers shat triumph DER time
and tide.n
But the mighty hand from the dark was
thrust,
And his ermine robes and the crown of gold
Were cas- without in the wayside dust,
And the sol mn voic9 to the throne was
rolled:
"Candles for the head,
And candles for the feet,
"A mausoleum for the dead,
And a winding-sheet."
1 will sing, said the poet. "a song SO clea",
So sweet and mellow, so long and Ioul,
That, earthward turning al enyious ear,
Tue lark will pause in the morning cloul."
But the hand came out of thu twilight gray,
And broke the strings of his Tyre in two,
And sealed his lips with a seal of clay,
And the voice came down with the falling
dew
Al L1oafeu, ~ sdLu.
Are songs more sweet
Roses for the dead.
But a winding sheet"
But by and by when the risen souls
Go down in their graves for the crumbling
clay,
And che smoke OF the burning world uprolls
In the sunset fires Of the Judgment Day,
The sound of voices the sky shall fill,
OF friends that meet, and of foes forgiven,
TIL the highest stars in the dome shall thrill
To the b ended song Of the blessed in
Heaven:
s'Crowns for the head,
And llarpsfo The hand,
And . aow'ry way to tread,
In the morning land.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
Keep the Body Erect.

An erect bodily attitude is of vastly
more importance to health than most
people generally imagine. Crooked
bodily positions, maintained for any
length of time, are always ii Injurious,
whether in the sitting, standing or lying
posture, whether sleeping or waking.
To sit with the body leaning forward on
the stomach, or to one side, with the
heels elevated on a level with the hands,
is not only in bad taste, but exceedingly
detrimental to health. 1t cramps the
stomach, presses the vital organs, inter-
rupts the free motions of the chest, and
enfeebles the functions of the abdominal
and thorac;e organs, and, in fact, n
balances the whole muscular system.
Many children become slightly hump
backed or severely round shouldered by
sleeping with the head raised on a high
pillow. When any person finds it easier
to sit or stand or walk or sleep in a
crooked position than a straight one,
such person may be sure his muscular
system is badly dcranged, and the
more careful he is to preserve a straight
or upright position, and get back again,
the better. --[Chicage Health Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28

A distinguished physician has made
the remark that if his ''patients would
make it q rule to eat a couple of good
orang s before breakfast from February
to June his practice would be gone"
While such o statement can be taken
literally, there can be no doubt that the
more general US. of good ripe fruit in
the early part of the day would be found
beneficial and often prevent illness.
Fruit has the composition of a perfect
food, containing all the substances re-
quired for the body. Every one knows
that it is deficiency of the stimuiant
action OF the liver that causes bilious
ness. The acid contained in fruits is a
much better correction of this trouble
than medicine, and we come the nearest
to a perfect physical development when
we rely most upon the food which nature
provides for us. From the ripe juicy
strawberry in the spring to the purple
grape of the fall we have a constant sue
cession of the most healthfuI of food
substances. The real place, however,
for fruit is at the beginning of the meal
an not at the close. It cannot be
looked at as a luxury, but as a thing on
the side of economy.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-28
ST. MARY'S

OPELOUSAS, LA.
The course of instruction in this Institution embraces
English. French. Latin. Greek, Arithmetic. Algebra.
Geometry. Bookkeeping, Natural Sciences, History,
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestowed
on Christian Instruction.
TERMs:-Board and tuition per month SIS; Day
Scholars per month, SO, So or "a, according to class.
Glasses are resumed on "Wednesday. September 18th.
1886. REV. G. RAYMOND, ID. D.
REV. i. j. YMo
HENRY g. LEWIS,
Aug. %, 1885. A. BLANC DUQUEsNAY.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09
Turning Rags Into Rugs.

was waiting for train at Red Bank
last week when there came trudging
along descendant of the law-giver with
heavy bag on his back. 1t was full of
something knobby, and as he stopped to
rest 1 asked him if he had been raiding
muskmelon patch. He grinned and
opened his bag and showed me that it
was full of balls of carpet rags. He had
been gathering them up from the farm
houses. giving cheap trinkets, ribbons
and other favorite feminine gear in ex-
change. When he took them home to
Essex street his sons would weave them
into rugs and sell them. There was
money in it, he said. There was profit
or the trade and profit on the sale Of
the rugs. And having rested, he went
plodding off through the red dust, type
of the patient persistency of his race
He proposed to walk as far as Perth
Amboy and fill another sack if possible
before he wasted any money on railway
ride. ga man." said he, ''has to be his
own Anti Poverty Society in these hard
times" and L guess he carries his idea
out-NeU York Meas.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

Mr.. LESTER WALLACE has retired from
the stage for good
JOHANN STRAUSS has completed his new
opera ''Simphcius."
SARDoU has written a five-act drama for
Bernhardt, entitled Mesaline.
A REAL cotton gin costing $500 is to
figure in a new comedy of Southern life.
THE summer night concerts at Madison
Square Garden, New York, are very pop
ular.
MISS EMMA ABBOTT is to give a three
weeks season Of opera in New York in Jan
uary.
AN international congress is to consider at
Paris the best means OF preventing the burn
ing of theatres.
CLARA MORRIS opens her season, probably
in her new play, Renee" at the Grand
Opera House, New York, October II.
A MOVEMENT is on foot to organize in New
York a Wagner Society, having for its aim
the promotion of progressive ideas in music.
MRS. d. 2. BOWERS intends to produce
three new plays during 1S87'8S, two being
adaptations from the French. John F.
Richie will manage her tour.
MADAM JANAUSCHEK'S injuries from a fall
being of a more serious nature than at first
supposed, by the advice of her doctors she
has abandoned the idea of acting the ensuing
season.
FRANK W. SANGER has brought from Eng
land new opera by the authors of ''Er-
minie," entitled Dick, =" and a comedy played
by Willie Edouin in London, entitled "A
Tragedy"
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, author of the
famous tale, CDR. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is
coming over from England to be present when
Mr.. Mansfield produces the drama of that
name in New York.
MRS. PoTTER's latest play Loyal Love-"
seems to be the fimsiest trash. Her acting
in it seems to have been surprisingly good
The tone of the London papers is entirely
changed. They have discovered not only
gre at promise, but many actual merits in her
work.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09
After the Battle.

Hundreds of bodies freshly smeared
with blood of men who, two hours pre-
vious, had been filled with divers lofty
or petty hopes and desires, now lay with
stiffened limbs in the dewy, fowery
valley which separated the bastion from
the trench and on the level floor of the
chapel for the dead in Sebastopol;
hundreds of men crawled, twisted and
groaned with curses and prayers on their
parched lips, some amidst the corpses in
the flower-strewn vale, others on stretch
ers, on cots, and on the blood-stained
floor of the hospital; and still, as on the
days preceding, the red dawn burned
over Mount Sapun, the twinkling stars
paled, the white mist spread abroad from
the dark, sounding sea, the red glow
illuminated the East; long, crimson
cloudlets darted across the bright blue
horizon; and still, as on days preceding,
the powerful, ll-beautiful sun rose up,
giving promise of Joy, love and happiness
to all who dwell in the world.--Neac
Princeton Re0ie10.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09
FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.

ONE stroke of lightning killed the five
horses of Peter Goodhue, of Mansion Prairie,
Oak, and ruined his barn.
LIGHTNING struck flock of sheep belong
ing to w. A. Falson, of Wilmington, n. c.,
and killed twelve of them.
LIGHTNING at Gabrielle, Fla, struck a tall
pine, which it split from top to bottom. Then
it jumped twenty feet to barbed wire fence
cutting out the posts and running the fence
for hundred yards.
w. II. BARNES, of Taylor, Ga, had just
driven under an oak and was dismounting
when he was knocked senseless by lightning
When he recovered consciousness the mule he
had driven was dead and the oak was in a
blaze.
OSCAR Brown, of Fergus Falls, Mimi, sal
in his house with his wife and children, while
lightning knocked the plaster from the walls,
burned all the picture frames, set fire to the
doors, and raised hob generally, yet none of
the family was injured.
Two men in the section house at Dawson
Ga, occupied bed, the bedboard of which
was cut into kindling wood by lightning.
Other furniture of the room was also knocked
into fragments and dishes were hurled in
every direction, yet neither man was even
stunned.
WHILE Doyle Brown, of Talking Rock, Ga,
was shOveling up chips, lightning struck the
handle of the shovel and split it in two The
bolt then divided and ran through both of
Browns hands and arms and passed out at the
back of his neck, killing him. An old mar
twenty feet away was knocked senseleSs
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09

THE Prison Mirror, which is ed tied and
printed by the convicts in the Saltwater
lMinn) Penitentiary, invites President Cleve-
land to visit its retired community" and ex-
presses regret that the invitation could not
be conveyed by committee.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09

LATEST intelligence is confrmatory Of the
great losses of sheep in Buenos Ayres within
the past year. 1t is alleged that over 900
900 sheep have died, and the loss is estimated
at $50, 0OO, 600, which is at least twelve per
cent of the value of all the fiOcks.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09

to remain your most obedient antagonist
and well wisher, WILLIAM De NYE,
Formerly Duke of Sweetwater County
and Referee during the Modoc War.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09

A HoMELY truth is better than a
splendid error.
The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-09

SHARKS are accused of causing the great
scarcity of soft crabs in the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay this season They are un-
usually numerous and bold, and may be seen
any day swimming about on the fats explor-
ing the water-grass with their blunt noses
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-03

down Market to the church. The knights
all marched into the church, up the middle
aisle where seats had been reserved for
them. The st. Alphonsus Society occu-
pied seats ON the sides and in the rear part
of the building. The seating capacity was
taxed to its utmost, and many people
stood in the aisles, the attendance being
at least 1 800. At about $3.50 the e~eclesi-
astical party entered the church and pro-
ceeded up the middle aisle to the altar, af-
ter which the ceremonies incident upon
the
BLESSING OF Il CHURCH
were gone through with. The party pass.
ed through the aisles and the Bishop
sprinkled holy water upon all sides. The
choir sang the Litany of all Saints, dur
ing the ceremonies. After this was con-
cluded Pontiicial High Mass was celebrat-
ed by the Bishop, he being assisted by
Rev. Father McElligott; Rev. Father
Gregory, of Pittshurg; Rev. Father Fran
els, OfCumberland; Rev. Father Hyaciuth,
OF st. Alphonsus; Rev. Father Felix, of
Canal Dover; Rev. Father Joseph, of Sum-
nit, Pa; Rev. Father Parke, Rev. Father
Huber, Rev. Father Angelus, Rev.
Father Didicus and Rev. Father
Martin. The priestly vestments
are very handsome, especially those worn
by the Bishop and Fathers Hyaciuth ana
Francis. These were manufactured by
deaf mutes in Bavaria, and are composed
of white silk, embroidered in gold and
bright eOlOrs.
The altars were ali beautifully trimmed
with evergreens and decorate with cut
flowers and pOtted plants, which lent to
the scene 4 very beautiful appearance. The
singing during the service was excellent,
and Prof. Meyer, the director, deserves
credit.
Rev. Father Francis, of Cumberland,
Md, preached the sermon in German. In
it he compared the temples of Solomon to
the churches Of the present day, and made
the point that the former were
BUILT WITH GOLD
secured from the heather, while the
churches of to-day are built by the men,
bers OF the congregation and as they work
Useful P~recAution.
Il is n useful preeautiOn rs the tourist, the
commercial traveller, or the emigrant to the
West. 70 take along Hoste;ter's stomach Bitters.
InYalids Who Hayel by steamboat or rail should
provide themselves 9Th il, in order to prevent
or remedy the nausea which the iarring and vi
braIiOn OF vehicles in truRSitI often causes them.
Vastly preferable is IL for this simple, but need
full purpose, 10 The heady unmedicated stimu-
lants Of commerce. on board ship, il not only
remedies sea sickness but neutralizeS the pernf-
ciOus eifeets of water slightly brackish, which, If
unqualified, is apt 10 give rise 10 irregularities OF
the owelS. cramps in the abdominal region, and
dyspepsia. To the aerial poison OF malaria il Is
an efficient antid0te. Sick headache. heartburn
and wind upon the stomach, are rouptly ban
ished by Il. It healtbmlly stimulates the Kid
neys and bladder, and nullihes the early symp-
toms Of rheumatism.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-03

for The money thus expended, 1t may be
said that the church is a part Of them, SIS
they build It by their labor and by the
sweat of their brows. The sermon was an
excellent one and was listened to with the
closest interest.
AT the conclusion of the mass Bishop
Kahn made am address in English to the
audience, in which he heartily o n
graduated the members OF st. Alphonsus
congregation upon the completion Of their
new and beautiful church edifice. They
deserved credit for pushing through so
large an undertaking, and he hoped be
would live to see the day when the burden
of debt upon the church could be cleared
away and the ediice consecrsted and turn
ed over to God, as a gift from his people.
He knew that the members Of st. Alphon-
sus were energetic and would work zeal
ously and untiringly to that end: he
spoke of the beauty OF the new building
and said that every member of st. Alphon-
sus should feel proud of their achievement
in erecting 40 handsome a pile in which to
worship God, and he hoped the sons would
follow in the footsteps of their fathers in
the good work.
He then announced that he would con-
fer the Papal benediction, which he did.
Father Hyacinth read the letter from the
Pope, comforting upon the Bishop
this power. The letter was read III both
Latin and German. The grand and
IMPOSING SERVICES Of THE DAY
were then concluded, and the vast audi
ence made its way slowly out of the build
ing. 4 great many people were down
from Pittsburg, and visitors were also
present from other places. As the admls
sion to the ceremonies was half a dollar
each, the sun realized was q very neat one.
The priesthood OF the church Is highly
elated at having the new edltce
so near completion, and Father Angelus,
who is one OF the hardest workers IN the
church, said yesterday that much Of the
credit of the elegant building is due TO
Architect Wells, who spent much more
TIME upon it than his contract really called
for. But the building is there, and it
stands a. q monument To the enterprise
and energy Of st. A%lphOnsus congregation.